Acral melanoma

Color Atlas of Melanocytic Lesions of the Skin

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 196-203

  Saida, Toshiaki ^a   Koga, Hiroshi ^a   Yamazaki, Yoriko ^a   Tanaka, Masaru ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84895256564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-35106-1_29     Document Type: Chapter

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